This Green Life

 

Links to my Green Posts:

• Why I Believe in Green  
• Go Green Pep Talk 
• Store-Bought Green Cleaning Supplies 
• Homemade Non-Toxic Cleaning Supplies
• Produce Guide - "Clean 15" and "Dirty Dozen" 
• Safe Sunscreens from EWG's List

Though the term "green" is overused and has lost its meaning in many ways, I haven't been able to come up with a better alternative.  You at least know the gyst of what I mean when I say Going Green.  And it's short.  "Living Sustainably" is longer and doesn't have the same punch.  "Choosing to have a longer-term perspective and making unselfish, sometimes difficult choices to take care of ourselves and our planet for future generations instead of just doing the easy, convenient thing all the time" is, well, not an option for a title or a catch phrase.  So Green it is.  Verde.  Greenerific.  Greenalicious.  Greenin' it up.  We can still spice up that little word, can't we?  Surely we can.

And when I talk about Going Green on this blog, I use it as an umbrella term.  For me, it all goes together.  As I learned more about the toxins we're exposed to and their effects on the body, I became more and more passionate about health, nutrition, clean eating - and all of this spilled over into various areas of my life.  So I don't mean for Green to be only referring to planet-friendly choices...but I think that you'll find that the things you do to take better care of your body will in turn take better care of the planet.  And I have a hunch that as you become more in touch with the nastiness that our bodies are exposed to every day, you will have a greater desire to make cleaner choices and tread more lightly on this planet of ours.